Improvement in journal-box linings



Journal Box L Gwynn.

inings.

Patented May 6,

UNITED STATES PATENT G FICE.

STUART GWYNN, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNoE To THE lMEEIcAN METALINECOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN JOURNAL'KBOX LININGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,646, dated May 6,1873; app i Y January 29, 1873. l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STUART GWYNN, of the city, county, .and State of New York, have invented a new manufacture, the same being an ImprovedLining for J ournal-Boxes and other rubbing surfaces, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing forming part of the same.

0n the 12th day of April, 1870, certain Let ters Patent of the UnitedStates were issued to me numbered from 101,862 to 101,869 inclusive, forcertain compositions of matter denominated meta1ine, and for theprocessor method of making the same, as also the offices it performs, towhich reference is made. The invention herein intended to be describedand `claimed relates to a special mode of applying 'and of a thicknessof from one-sixteenth to oneeighth of an inch, or greater, if desired, alayer or stratum of metaline, or its equivalent, in a cation filed lpowdered state, Upon this I uperimpose another sheet or strip ofthe woodand then again 'anotherl layer or stratum of m1 taline, containing thealternate layers of Wo `l and metaline, until the requisite thickness othe mass is obtained. I tnen subject the e ire mass to se- Vere pressurein any suitable l 1| anner, preferably between rollers, which pressurecompresses and compacts the met ine into a solid form, and soincorporates it tlh the ber of the wood that the metaline i held inshape and position, and with the w d really forms one composition orsubstand and may be readily handled and cut into rips to be used inlining journal-boxes or fon ing other surfaces designed to be subjecteto friction, the metaline being a material wh` h, in its action as suchAsurfaces, obviates t` e necessity of the use of oil or any other e1traneous lubricator.

In applying it to use the str` is of the lining are placed, ofcourse,with th 1 edges or ends of the alternate layers of me` lline and woodfaced upon the journals or ot r bearings.

What I claim as a new ma facture is- The composition denominat dmetaline, incorporated with sheets of wo; d of any kind,

substantially as and for the lnrposes speciiied.

STUA GWYNN. Witnesses: A. LIVINGSTON MILLS, A. S. FITCH.

